Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a highly sterilite 70 quart contagious virus affecting pigs with significant impacts to the swine industry worldwide.This review provides a comprehensive understanding of post-translational modifications (PTMs) associated with PRRSV infection.We discuss the various types of PTMs, includ
Germline mutation in NLRP2 (NALP2) in a familial imprinting disorder (Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome).
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a fetal overgrowth and human imprinting disorder resulting from the deregulation of a number of genes, including IGF2 and CDKN1C, in the imprinted gene cluster on chromosome 11p15.5.Most cases are sporadic and result from epimutations at either of the two 11p15.5 imprinting centres (IC1 and IC2).However, rare fa
A Myriad of Problems with the Current Regulations for Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
To the Editors: Once again, I have prepared a post-World Championship analysis of the many problems related to the current World Championship regulations.My low profile barn door kit analyses this year and last year reveal that the current system is beset with unacceptable problems that negatively affect all countries.A return to the 2005-2021 syst
Kant and the teleology of nature: on the aim of nature in Idea for a universal history with a cosmopolitan aim and the guarantee of nature in Toward perpetual peace
In Idea for a universal history in cosmopolitan intention (1784), Kant presents the concept of an intention of nature that gives meaning and purpose to the history of humanity.The concept of this intention is a regulative idea of theoretical reason, and is then grounded by the doctrine of these ideas presented by Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason